r/apple • u/exjr_ Island Boy • Sep 07 '22

Apple Unveils Apple Watch Ultra With Large-Screen Design for Athletes and Explorers Apple Watch

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/07/apple-unveils-apple-watch-pro-athletes/
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u/OakBlueShirt Sep 07 '22

I have Scuba dived, and I will continue to. This watch doesn't do anything that reliable dive computers don't already do better.

It's kind of like a "jack of all trades" thing. But nobody wants a jack when your life is literally dependent upon the information.

It could work as a supplement to existing dive computers and air gauges and such, but even then you don't want to start relying on it and take your eyes off of the hardline devices.

I could be wrong and other divers may love this, but I see a lot of reasons to not use this while diving.

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u/mtlyoshi9 Sep 07 '22

As a diver myself, I agree that this doesn’t replace my current dive computer…mostly because I don’t dive nearly often enough to justify the bulkier watch to contend with every other day.

However, if I was a more frequent diver who wanted a bigger/more rugged watch anyway…and assuming Apple hardware and software live up to other industry devices (and there’s really no reason to believe otherwise)…then why not? Especially if my existing dive computer breaks/has any other issues that would otherwise require me to buy a new one.

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u/OakBlueShirt Sep 07 '22

assuming Apple hardware and software live up to other industry devices

You would hope so, but air and depth are the two most important pieces of diving information, and both of those are completely new measurements by Apple unless I'm missing something.

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u/billytalons Sep 07 '22

I assumed most of the SCUBA-related stuff was designed by the 3rd-party company they mentioned.